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Firm News, 20th Anniversary

Sowell Gray law firm celebrates 20th year with yearlong community service

COLUMBIA, SC – Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte celebrates 20 years practicing law in Columbia, SC with a yearlong commitment to service projects that give back to the community. With its theme for the year “20 Years Strong,” each of the firm’s 21 attorneys will participate in a service project that aligns with their personal […]

Firm News, Accolades

Sowell Gray named top litigation firm; 5 members included in 2015 Super Lawyers Business Edition

COLUMBIA, SC – Super Lawyers Magazine has named Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, as a top litigation firm in South Carolina and recognized five members of the firm for inclusion in its 2015 Business Edition. The annual publication serves as a resource for business executives and in-house counsel across the United States and London. […]

Firm News, Accolades

Sowell Gray included in 2016 edition of Best Law Firms

Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC has been ranked among the nation’s most prominent law firms in key practice areas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers, a publication that recognizes the top practices in the nation. Sowell Gray was recognized as a Tier One law firm in the areas of: commercial litigation; insurance law; personal […]

Firm News, Accolades

Four Sowell Gray attorneys highlighted in Benchmark Litigation

Benchmark Litigation, a definitive guide to the country’s leading lawyers and firms, has named Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, one of the top litigation firms in South Carolina. Additionally, the guide has named individual Sowell Gray members Biff Sowell, Bobby Stepp and Betsy Gray as local “Litigation Stars” and member Amy Hill as a […]

Firm News

Sowell Gray welcomes attorney Eve Goodstein

Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC is pleased to announce that Eve Goodstein has joined the firm as a new attorney. Eve graduated cum laude from the University of South Carolina in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, and was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society. She earned […]

Firm News, Accolades

10 Robinson McFadden attorneys named to Best Lawyers

Robinson McFadden lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016. Lawyers on the Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in […]

Firm News

The Intersection of Pop Culture and Legal Malpractice

By Will Jordan It isn’t often that pop culture and the world of legal malpractice intersect. Naturally, when they do, we can’t help but blog about it. “Real Housewife of New Jersey” Teresa Giudice, who is currently serving a fifteen-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to fraud charges relating to her bankruptcy filing, is suing […]

Firm News, Accolades

8 from Sowell Gray included in 2016 Best Lawyers in America, including 2 Lawyers of the Year

COLUMBIA, SC – Two members of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, Betsy Gray and Becky Laffitte have been honored as 2016 Lawyers of the Year while six of their colleagues at the firm were also recognized in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The national publication places the Sowell Gray members […]

Firm News, Accolades

Cal Watson invited to join the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance

Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC is pleased to announce that Cal Watson has been invited to join the prestigious Claims and Litigation Management Alliance. The CLM is a nonpartisan alliance comprised of thousands of insurance companies, corporations, Corporate Counsel, Litigation and Risk Managers, claims professionals and attorneys. Through education and collaboration the organization’s goals […]

ELECT Blog Archives, Firm News

Do We Live in a Healthy Democracy?

Recently, the Center for American Progress Action Fund (“Center”) issued a report entitled, The Health of State Democracies.[1] The Center essentially is a think tank that has policy teams in major issues areas and issues reports on these various topics to attempt to shape the debate.[2] The report “aims to take a broader approach to […]